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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Sccit on March 30, 2013, 11:21:01 AM
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LeBron complains, Ainge mocks _ and Pat Riley lets the Celtics president have it right back
By Associated Press
3:48 a.m. EDT, March 30, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Miami Heat President Pat Riley has added another chapter to his rivalry with the Boston Celtics.
After LeBron James complained about calls and Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge chided him for it, Riley lashed back Friday night.
Riley's response: "Danny Ainge needs to shut the (expletive) up and manage his own team."
This saga started Wednesday after Miami's 27-game winning streak ended in Chicago. James told reporters that night that he does not believe some of the hard fouls he takes are "basketball plays." A day later, Ainge told Boston radio station WEEI that "it's almost embarrassing that LeBron would complain about officiating."
Riley was clearly irked, calling Ainge "the biggest whiner going when he was a player."
The Heat and Celtics play April 12 in Miami.
Miami beat New Orleans 108-89 on Friday night, with James leading the way with 36 points. When informed afterward of the statement, James said he appreciated Riley having his back.
"That's who we are," James said. "We ride together, all of us, from the top to the bottom. We all protect each other on and off the floor and it was big-time to see that."
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/sns-ap-bkn-heat-riley-ainge-20130329,0,6367312.story
lol@riley ....ainge got a point, tho
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sounds like you have more in common with Lebron than you thought ;)
;D
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I keep seeing this story everywhere about Ainge and Riley but have yet to hear what exactly LeBron had to say about the officials
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he tried saying that he gets played too hard and the refs do nothin about it...
“I’m not sitting here crying about anything,” James said. “I play the game at a high level, I play with a lot of aggression, I understand that some of the plays are on the borderline of a basketball play or not. But sometimes, you know, I don’t know … it’s frustrating.”
“I believe, and I know, that a lot of my fouls are not basketball plays,” James said. “First of all, Kirk Hinrich in the first quarter basically grabbed me with two hands and brought me to the ground. And the last one, Taj Gibson was able to collar me around my shoulder and bring me to the ground.
“Those are not basketball plays. And it’s been happening all year. I’ve been able to keep my cool and try to tell [coach Erik Spoelstra], `Let’s not worry about it too much,’ but it is getting to me a little bit.”
smh
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http://www.respectkobe.com/articles/mvp-but-not-without-weakness/
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http://www.respectkobe.com/articles/mvp-but-not-without-weakness/
kobe gets the least respect from officials of any NBA superstar ever, and it's not even close....for him to complain isn't nearly as hilarious as seeing LeBron complain, when LeBron is treated like every refs favorite son.
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lol it even mentions that in the article u just posted
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http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110403154827AAwwKB2
look at the best answer 8)
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the best answer is always mine
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Kobe is easily the biggest pussy in the NBA.
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Kobe is easily the biggest pussy in the NBA.
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/kb8fan4ever/image_zpsf962850d.jpg)
u trollin or just incredibly retarded?
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cmon nik, u really sayin kobe isnt like all the other superstars in the league when it comes to cryin about calls?
or u just trolling us
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cmon nik, u really sayin kobe isnt like all the other superstars in the league when it comes to cryin about calls?
or u just trolling us
Come on, rus, u ain't this slow.. I'm sayin Kobe has reason to complain, LeBron complaining is just laughable, as he gets the benefit of the whistle as much as anyone in this league.
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What a lame ass tactic, "c'mon rus, I need you on my side buddy, you're a smart dude, I showed you love, so show me some back in your next response" lmfao.
Anyway, I didn't mean he wasn't tough...emotionally he's a pussy though.
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What a lame ass tactic, "c'mon rus, I need you on my side buddy, you're a smart dude, I showed you love, so show me some back in your next response" lmfao.
Anyway, I didn't mean he wasn't tough...emotionally he's a pussy though.
where did i show any1 love? damn, cham, ur faggotry is eating away at ya brain, my boy.
lol@a tough pussy. smfh
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Well he just plays through injuries because he wants to be like Mike. That's why that pussy has "the flu" every couple of months and makes sure ESPN notes it lmao.
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Well he just plays through injuries because he wants to be like Mike. That's why that pussy has "the flu" every couple of months and makes sure ESPN notes it lmao.
u realize how retarded u sound, right? mike didnt play through injuries nearly at the same rate as kobe...it's actually not even close
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Well Mike didn't report them the way Kobe does. Everyday he's got some bitchass thing to say to make it seem like he's "playing through it".
Son says shit like "I slept the wrong way last night".
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Well Mike didn't report them the way Kobe does. Everyday he's got some bitchass thing to say to make it seem like he's "playing through it".
Son says shit like "I slept the wrong way last night".
u do realize kobe's playin with bone spur in left foot, severely sprained ankle, mangled fingers, damaged wrist, fucked up elbow, and most people currently have no idea...it's team doctors that report this shit, biebs, not kobe lmao......medical staff declared him out indefinitely and he was back the next game. show respect where it's due, young'n.
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He's still a pussy.
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Well Mike didn't report them the way Kobe does. Everyday he's got some bitchass thing to say to make it seem like he's "playing through it".
Son says shit like "I slept the wrong way last night".
u do realize kobe's playin with bone spur in left foot, severely sprained ankle, mangled fingers, damaged wrist, fucked up elbow, and most people currently have no idea...it's team doctors that report this shit, biebs, not kobe lmao......medical staff declared him out indefinitely and he was back the next game. show respect where it's due, young'n.
I'm not just saying this cause i'm anti-lakers but its just not smart. He's gotta think long term in the future, he might not be able to play with his daughters or do other things post nba career. Don't wanna end up like a lot of retired nfl players with their injuries. Everything is NOT WORTH IT! Sadly most of today's america thinks otherwise. I remember a commercial where a person talking about Ronnie Lott being old school when he was told to sit out a playoff game cause he had a pinkie finger injury. He told the doctor to chop the part off. Typical 49er ego got in the way there. Of course it was all 4 naught cause frisco got destroyed by the giants 49-3 ;D
And its pathetic in today's world where a person is talking normal when talking about a screwjob & its considered crying. But when someone does it in crybaby fashion its never crying. Like the Bricks in the 90's they got away with murder but when the refs finally decide to call fouls on them 90+% of the time they'd be up in the refs face. They'd get ejected every single game in today's nba.
Seriously, the Bulls did thug ball there. Which is surprising cause their biggest rivals played like that. Mid 80's-91 The pistons & 92-current, the Bricks.
And kudos to Riley for going off on Ainge this weekend even though I hated him post laker tenure. He was likable with the 80's lakers. Getting on Ainge. I hated Ainge the most on the celtics. If he ever gotten injured I woulda cheered bigtime he was such hemmorhoids. Dennis Johnson no.2. I hated but respected Bird, McHale & Parish. Of course Ainge was alright on other teams like the blazers & suns.
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Neither Kobe or Lebron need to be complainin about refs.
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Neither Kobe or Lebron need to be complainin about refs.
kobe is the worst officiated superstar in basketball.....the refs swallow the whistle on over 50% of the time he gets fouled
http://www.youtube.com/v/HqIl4LOUjsc
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Still trying to figure out if you're a bigger crybaby than Kobe.
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Still trying to figure out if you're a bigger crybaby than Kobe.
go jerk it 2 ya lebron posters n relax ya mind
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The refs have targeted Kobe since the rape trail. I honestly think that David Stern wished Kobe never got a ring after that, as for a while the broadcasters dissed Kobe and the refs were biased to the other teams. I think since 2008 though, Kobe gets more or less fair calls.
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The refs have targeted Kobe since the rape trail. I honestly think that David Stern wished Kobe never got a ring after that, as for a while the broadcasters dissed Kobe and the refs were biased to the other teams. I think since 2008 though, Kobe gets more or less fair calls.
watch more games...this year has been one of his worst as far as getting the benefit of officiating. i cant think of any games where he doesn't get hammered on numerous occasions with no whistle. that shit NEVER happens to lebron.....in fact, kobe's most famous play of the season was a foul that didnt get called (the dunk over the nets). shit aint even debatable at this point.
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T-Mac>LeBron
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t-mac was better at that point...people forget t-mac was a great player in his prime..premier superstar and mvp candidate numerous seasons.. thats from when t-mac led the rockets to 22 straight wins with yao injured. quit usin cop-outs when u have nothin more 2 say, hack.
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t-mac was better at that point...people forget t-mac was a great player in his prime..premier superstar and mvp candidate numerous seasons.. thats from when t-mac led the rockets to 22 straight wins with yao injured. quit usin cop-outs when u have nothin more 2 say, hack.
t-mac never left the first round of the playoffs while Lebron had taken a crap team to the finals already
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t-mac was better at that point...people forget t-mac was a great player in his prime..premier superstar and mvp candidate numerous seasons.. thats from when t-mac led the rockets to 22 straight wins with yao injured. quit usin cop-outs when u have nothin more 2 say, hack.
t-mac never left the first round of the playoffs while Lebron had taken a crap team to the finals already
yea, in the weakass east...when he hit the west, he got swept. t-mac and lebron were in the same discussion back then. this was when people were still debating between wade, melo, t-mac, lebron, and when kobe was in a class above them all. of course, if u post it now, it looks funny..it's like if u take a post from 1996 of someone saying "penny hardaway>kobe bryant" and post it today to deflect from your lack of on-topic arguments...bad look on ur behalf.
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LMAO T-mac played in the east too for crying out loud
those Nets teams that won the east with 50 win seasons were GARBAGE and Lebron woulda ran a train on them
the hatrid runs deep in you
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give Lebron Yao Ming and he makes it to the finals instead of not making it out of the first round
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give Lebron Yao Ming and he makes it to the finals instead of not making it out of the first round
yao was injured and they won 22 straight games with t-mac as the only legit star.. t-mac was right when he said houston's streak was more impressive than miami's. anyways, the only reason were talking t-mac right now is because u had nothin to add in regards to the actual topic. the topic is lebron and his hilarious criticizing of nba officials when they suck his dick day in and day out. do u have anything else to add to that?
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give Lebron Yao Ming and he makes it to the finals instead of not making it out of the first round
yao was injured and they won 22 straight games with t-mac as the only legit star.. t-mac was right when he said houston's streak was more impressive than miami's. anyways, the only reason were talking t-mac right now is because u had nothin to add in regards to the actual topic. the topic is lebron and his hilarious criticizing of nba officials when they suck his dick day in and day out. do u have anything else to add to that?
i just wanted to remind people of who they were arguing with
if i recall Yao played the first half of that streak. and he played with Yao at least three or four years and failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs while Lebron was taking the crappiest team ever to the NBA finals.
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give Lebron Yao Ming and he makes it to the finals instead of not making it out of the first round
yao was injured and they won 22 straight games with t-mac as the only legit star.. t-mac was right when he said houston's streak was more impressive than miami's. anyways, the only reason were talking t-mac right now is because u had nothin to add in regards to the actual topic. the topic is lebron and his hilarious criticizing of nba officials when they suck his dick day in and day out. do u have anything else to add to that?
i just wanted to remind people of who they were arguing with
if i recall Yao played the first half of that streak. and he played with Yao at least three or four years and failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs while Lebron was taking the crappiest team ever to the NBA finals.
ur a bandwaggon boston fan from maine who only started liking the celtics when KG joined....i wouldnt exactly call out other peoples credibility if i were you.
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that's cuz KG is the best player of his generation and his greatness should be recognized
once Kobe is gone and CP3 and Blake are winning titles in LA i bet you'll jump ship :D
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that's cuz KG is the best player of his generation and his greatness should be recognized
once Kobe is gone and CP3 and Blake are winning titles in LA i bet you'll jump ship :D
You must not know LA fans. For the crap they take, they are loyal as hell. Many are still Raider fans. Let that sink in. I know NIK is no different.
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that's cuz KG is the best player of his generation and his greatness should be recognized
once Kobe is gone and CP3 and Blake are winning titles in LA i bet you'll jump ship :D
You must not know LA fans. For the crap they take, they are loyal as hell. Many are still Raider fans. Let that sink in. I know NIK is no different.
NIK doesn't follow football though
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that's cuz KG is the best player of his generation and his greatness should be recognized
once Kobe is gone and CP3 and Blake are winning titles in LA i bet you'll jump ship :D
You must not know LA fans. For the crap they take, they are loyal as hell. Many are still Raider fans. Let that sink in. I know NIK is no different.
NIK doesn't follow football though
And he may hate the Raiders. But LA fans are loyal as hell. So I don't expect to see a huge jump to the Lakers. Mainly people who already hate the Lakers, which is actually a large number too in LA. You just have a lot of people who like to go against the grain, and they'll finally have a reason to root for the Clippers, and then people will say... "see, LA fans are bandwagon jumpers." When in fact it was the many people who always hated the Lakers and finally got a local team to root for.
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laker fans are the most loyal fans from any team in any sport.....when ur as spoiled as laker fans are, theres really no reason to jump ship. i dont think i've ever met someone who used to be a laker fan and now roots for some other basketball team. once a laker fan, always a laker fan.
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laker fans are the most loyal fans from any team in any sport.....when ur as spoiled as laker fans are, theres really no reason to jump ship. i dont think i've ever met someone who used to be a laker fan and now roots for some other basketball team. once a laker fan, always a laker fan.
I have met them in Minnesota. LOL... they are bitter they left. I just remind them no one likes basketball in Minnesota and in LA they are the number one team in the city. LA is a Laker's town, Minneapolis is a Vikings town and even when KG was ripping shit in the Target Center, the fans still didn't root for the 'Wolves the way I thought they should. I miss being around fans who are not only loyal, but know the game. They did a study and they found for baseball, Angel fans are some of the most knowledgeable fans for their sport, with the Dodgers not far behind. In basketball, you can talk to an average girl, and they can talk great details of a game, or they at least thing one Laker is cute... LOL. But fans in LA stick to their team and they are smart about their team and usually realistic with what they expect. Except NIK with the Lakers... LOL
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laker fans are the most loyal fans from any team in any sport.....when ur as spoiled as laker fans are, theres really no reason to jump ship. i dont think i've ever met someone who used to be a laker fan and now roots for some other basketball team. once a laker fan, always a laker fan.
the most loyal fans in all of sports? umm maybe in California but all the laker fans i've ever met in my lifetime of living on the east coast are all fair weather fans for the most part. i can make an exception for one dude i know that i went to college with (a dude 10 years older than the rest of us who was a Red Sox, Patriot and Laker fan lmao). but besides him the others...for example i knew a kid who was a Laker, Red Wings, Yankee and Viking fan. 3 out of 4 are always succesful. Then the vikings...i guess he wanted to suffer like i do with the Jets
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laker fans are the most loyal fans from any team in any sport.....when ur as spoiled as laker fans are, theres really no reason to jump ship. i dont think i've ever met someone who used to be a laker fan and now roots for some other basketball team. once a laker fan, always a laker fan.
the most loyal fans in all of sports? umm maybe in California but all the laker fans i've ever met in my lifetime of living on the east coast are all fair weather fans for the most part. i can make an exception for one dude i know that i went to college with (a dude 10 years older than the rest of us who was a Red Sox, Patriot and Laker fan lmao). but besides him the others...for example i knew a kid who was a Laker, Red Wings, Yankee and Viking fan. 3 out of 4 are always succesful. Then the vikings...i guess he wanted to suffer like i do with the Jets
well, any fan of a team that doesn't belong to their city is a fairweather fan to begin with...but i'm talkin bout real laker fans, in LA.